Ichabod WISWALL Reverend [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born on 3 Jun 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 23 Jul 1700 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Ichabod married ³ Remember before 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

PEABODY, Priscilla

Source: "The Wiswald Genealogy" by Joseph M. Wiswald 1961

Duxbury, Mass., Vital Records [p.2]
A Record of maridges in the towne of Duxborrow
Ichabod wiswall & prissillah pabodie were maried December 2 16 [worn]

Plymouth First Church Records

The chh of Duxbury sent to us to be present by our messengers at their ordination of Mr Ichabod Wiswall to be their Pastor, on November, 24: the Pastor, Ruling Elder, Deacon Finney & Deac: Morton were chosen & then present.

REV. ICHABOD WiSWALL of Duxbury married Priscilla Pabodie3 (Elizabeth2 Alden, John1) of Duxbury. They had six children, but the births of only four, Mercy, Hannah, Peleg and Perez, were entered on the Duxbury records.* All of these, with the exception of Perez, were mentioned in their father's will, which also mentioned two other daughters, Priscilla and Deborah.

The five children who survived their father married as follows:

Mercy Wiswall4; born 4 October, 1680; died 12 November, 1716; married, 25 January, 1704/5, John Wadsworth.

Hannah Wiswall4; born 22 February, 1681 ; died 22 September, 1722; married Rev. John Robinson.

Peleg Wiswall4; born 5 February, 1683; married, in 1719 or, Elizabeth Rogers of Ipswich, and died in Boston, in 1767.

Priscilla Wiswall4, born about 1690; died in Bristol, R. I., 12 September, 1780; married in Duxbury, 23 October, 1716, Gershom4 Bradford (Samuel3 William2-1), who was born 21 December, 1691, and died in Bristol, R. I., 4 April, 1757. The two deaths are on one gravestone.

Deborah Wiswall4; born about 1693; died 22 April, 1776; married 21 October, 1717, Samuel Seabury.

Rev. Ichabod Wiswall died in Duxbury, 23 July, 1700, in his sixty-third year, and was buried in the old cemetery at South Duxbury. His widow, Priscilla, died 3 June, 1724, and was buried in the old cemetery at Kingston, Mass.

* Mayflower Descendant, 8: 231 and 9: 229.

Hannah was born in 1682 (in new style) and Peleg in 1684.

Rev. Ichabod Wiswall's Will:

Rev. Ichabod Wiswall made his will, at Duxbury, 25 May, 1700, and it was probated 19 August, 1700. The original will is still preserved in the files of the Registry of Probate at Plymouth; but it is somewhat worn, and in the copy here presented the missing words have been supplied from the copy of the will in the first volume of the Probate Records.

A careful copy of the will and inventory, and of the probate proceedings, made from the original documents, is here printed, at the expense of two members of the Massachuseffs Society of Mayflower Descendants, who have requested us not to publish their names. They are descended from Rev. Ichabod and Priscilla (Pabodie) Wiswall, through the daughter Priscilla Wiswall, who married Gershom4 Bradford.

Especial attention is called to the fact that "my Eldest Daughter the wife of Elisha Wadsworth", mentioned in the will, was Ichabod's daughter Elizabeth, by his first wife. Elisha Wadsworth and Elizabeth Wiswall were married in Duxbury, 9 December, 1694. *

The original will, the original letter of administration and the original inventory are still in the probate
files.

[From original will] I Ichabod Wiswall of Duiborough in ye County of Plimouth being weak olf body but of [sound mind and memory praised be God for ye Same Doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say hrst I Comitt my body to the Earth to be decently Buryed when it shall Please God to take me hence & my soul into the hands of God my saviour in sure & Certain hope of a ,Joyfull Resurrection & Reunion through the precious Merritts of Jesus Christ my Lord & only Redeemer. And for the disposall of my outward Estate which God hath Graciously Given me my mind & will is the same shall be disposed as in this my Will is sett Down. first I have already Given to my Eldest Daughter the wife of Elisha Wadsworth her Portion of my Estate & is as much as I have to give to any other of My Daughters.

Item I give & bequeath unto my welbeloved wife Presilla all my housing & lands Lying in the Township of Duxburough for & During the Terme of her Naturall Life or otherwise soe long as she shall Continue my widdow

Item I give & bequeath to my son Peleg one half of all my lands & meadows both salt & fresh meadows to him & his heirs for Ever. lying at Scipican

* Pilgrim Notes and Queries, 3:121

Item I give & bequeath unto my four Daughters mercy Hanah Prissilla & Deborah the other half of all my lands & meadows at Scipican Alias Rochester in Equall parts to them & their severall heirs for Ever.

Item I give & bequeath to my said four Daughters all my lands at Sagetihock or Kenebeck in the Eastern parts of this Cuntry being one hundred acres be the same more or less to them & their Respective heirs for Ever.

Item I give & bequeath to my son Peleg all my houses & lands uplands & meadows lying in the Township of Duxbury to be possesed & Injoyed by him after the decease of his Mother or her second Marriage to him & his heirs for Ever.

Item I Give & bequeath to my son Peleg all my Books & tlirrty pounds in money towards his Education at the Collegde

Item I give & bequeath all my other goods & Chattles & moneys to my well beloved wife Prissilla for the bring up of my Children & her support & Comfort during her life & at her discretion to bestow amongst my Children.

Item I nominate & appoint my welbeloved wife Prissilla to be sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament In Witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand & seale the 25t day of May 1700
Signed Sealed & Declared         Ichabod wiswall (seal)
by the above named Mr Icabod Wiswall to be his Last will & Testament in the prsence of us
Alexander Standishe
John Sprague
Samuell Seabury
John Wadsworth
John Sprague Samuel Seabury & John Wadsworth three of ye witnesses here named Appeared before William Bradford Esqr Judge of probate on ye 19th day of August 1700 Arid made oath that they were present and Saw and heard mr Ichabod Wiswall the Testator above named sign Seal & declare this Instrument to be his last will and Testament And that to the best of their Judgment he was of Sound disposing mind and memory when he did the same

Attest Sam1 Sprague Register

On the back of the original will is written "The Last Will & Testanit of Mr Ichabod Wiswall To be opened after his Decease" [The will was also recorded, 1: 325.]

[From original letter] Willyam Bradford Esqr Commissionated &c for ye Granting of Probate of Wills and Letters of Administration within the County of Plimouth &c To all to whome these presents Shall Come or may Concern Greeting know ye that on the nineteenth Day of August AnO Domini one thousand and Seven hundred Before me at Pliinouth The Will of mr Ichabod Wisewall late of Duxborough in the County aforesaid Deceased to these presents Annexed was proved Approved and allowed who having while he lived and at Ye time of his Death Goods Chattels Rights and Credits The said Deceased and his said will in any manner Concerning was Committed unto pricilla his wife Executrix in the same will named well and truly to Administer ~ same And to make a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of the said deceased And the same to Exhibit Into ye Registers office of the said County according to Law Also to Render a true and Plaine account of her said Administration upon oath In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Ye Seal of ye said Office. Dated at Plimouth the 19th William Bradford (seal) day of August 1700:
Sam1 Sprague Regster
[The letter of administration was also recorded, I: 325.]

Before Wm Bradford Esqr
Attest Saml Sprague Register

[The inventory was also recorded, 1: 326.]

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Remember was born in 1641 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Remember married ¹ Ichabod WISWALL Reverend before 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Remember was also known as Remember Wiswall.

Ichabod WISWALL Reverend [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born on 3 Jun 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 23 Jul 1700 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Ichabod married ³ Priscilla PEABODY on 2 Nov 1673 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

, Remember

Source: "The Wiswald Genealogy" by Joseph M. Wiswald 1961

Duxbury, Mass., Vital Records [p.2]
A Record of maridges in the towne of Duxborrow
Ichabod wiswall & prissillah pabodie were maried December 2 16 [worn]

Plymouth First Church Records

The chh of Duxbury sent to us to be present by our messengers at their ordination of Mr Ichabod Wiswall to be their Pastor, on November, 24: the Pastor, Ruling Elder, Deacon Finney & Deac: Morton were chosen & then present.

REV. ICHABOD WiSWALL of Duxbury married Priscilla Pabodie3 (Elizabeth2 Alden, John1) of Duxbury. They had six children, but the births of only four, Mercy, Hannah, Peleg and Perez, were entered on the Duxbury records.* All of these, with the exception of Perez, were mentioned in their father's will, which also mentioned two other daughters, Priscilla and Deborah.

The five children who survived their father married as follows:

Mercy Wiswall4; born 4 October, 1680; died 12 November, 1716; married, 25 January, 1704/5, John Wadsworth.

Hannah Wiswall4; born 22 February, 1681 ; died 22 September, 1722; married Rev. John Robinson.

Peleg Wiswall4; born 5 February, 1683; married, in 1719 or, Elizabeth Rogers of Ipswich, and died in Boston, in 1767.

Priscilla Wiswall4, born about 1690; died in Bristol, R. I., 12 September, 1780; married in Duxbury, 23 October, 1716, Gershom4 Bradford (Samuel3 William2-1), who was born 21 December, 1691, and died in Bristol, R. I., 4 April, 1757. The two deaths are on one gravestone.

Deborah Wiswall4; born about 1693; died 22 April, 1776; married 21 October, 1717, Samuel Seabury.

Rev. Ichabod Wiswall died in Duxbury, 23 July, 1700, in his sixty-third year, and was buried in the old cemetery at South Duxbury. His widow, Priscilla, died 3 June, 1724, and was buried in the old cemetery at Kingston, Mass.

* Mayflower Descendant, 8: 231 and 9: 229.

Hannah was born in 1682 (in new style) and Peleg in 1684.

Rev. Ichabod Wiswall's Will:

Rev. Ichabod Wiswall made his will, at Duxbury, 25 May, 1700, and it was probated 19 August, 1700. The original will is still preserved in the files of the Registry of Probate at Plymouth; but it is somewhat worn, and in the copy here presented the missing words have been supplied from the copy of the will in the first volume of the Probate Records.

A careful copy of the will and inventory, and of the probate proceedings, made from the original documents, is here printed, at the expense of two members of the Massachuseffs Society of Mayflower Descendants, who have requested us not to publish their names. They are descended from Rev. Ichabod and Priscilla (Pabodie) Wiswall, through the daughter Priscilla Wiswall, who married Gershom4 Bradford.

Especial attention is called to the fact that "my Eldest Daughter the wife of Elisha Wadsworth", mentioned in the will, was Ichabod's daughter Elizabeth, by his first wife. Elisha Wadsworth and Elizabeth Wiswall were married in Duxbury, 9 December, 1694. *

The original will, the original letter of administration and the original inventory are still in the probate
files.

[From original will] I Ichabod Wiswall of Duiborough in ye County of Plimouth being weak olf body but of [sound mind and memory praised be God for ye Same Doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say hrst I Comitt my body to the Earth to be decently Buryed when it shall Please God to take me hence & my soul into the hands of God my saviour in sure & Certain hope of a ,Joyfull Resurrection & Reunion through the precious Merritts of Jesus Christ my Lord & only Redeemer. And for the disposall of my outward Estate which God hath Graciously Given me my mind & will is the same shall be disposed as in this my Will is sett Down. first I have already Given to my Eldest Daughter the wife of Elisha Wadsworth her Portion of my Estate & is as much as I have to give to any other of My Daughters.

Item I give & bequeath unto my welbeloved wife Presilla all my housing & lands Lying in the Township of Duxburough for & During the Terme of her Naturall Life or otherwise soe long as she shall Continue my widdow

Item I give & bequeath to my son Peleg one half of all my lands & meadows both salt & fresh meadows to him & his heirs for Ever. lying at Scipican

* Pilgrim Notes and Queries, 3:121

Item I give & bequeath unto my four Daughters mercy Hanah Prissilla & Deborah the other half of all my lands & meadows at Scipican Alias Rochester in Equall parts to them & their severall heirs for Ever.

Item I give & bequeath to my said four Daughters all my lands at Sagetihock or Kenebeck in the Eastern parts of this Cuntry being one hundred acres be the same more or less to them & their Respective heirs for Ever.

Item I give & bequeath to my son Peleg all my houses & lands uplands & meadows lying in the Township of Duxbury to be possesed & Injoyed by him after the decease of his Mother or her second Marriage to him & his heirs for Ever.

Item I Give & bequeath to my son Peleg all my Books & tlirrty pounds in money towards his Education at the Collegde

Item I give & bequeath all my other goods & Chattles & moneys to my well beloved wife Prissilla for the bring up of my Children & her support & Comfort during her life & at her discretion to bestow amongst my Children.

Item I nominate & appoint my welbeloved wife Prissilla to be sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament In Witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand & seale the 25t day of May 1700
Signed Sealed & Declared         Ichabod wiswall (seal)
by the above named Mr Icabod Wiswall to be his Last will & Testament in the prsence of us
Alexander Standishe
John Sprague
Samuell Seabury
John Wadsworth
John Sprague Samuel Seabury & John Wadsworth three of ye witnesses here named Appeared before William Bradford Esqr Judge of probate on ye 19th day of August 1700 Arid made oath that they were present and Saw and heard mr Ichabod Wiswall the Testator above named sign Seal & declare this Instrument to be his last will and Testament And that to the best of their Judgment he was of Sound disposing mind and memory when he did the same

Attest Sam1 Sprague Register

On the back of the original will is written "The Last Will & Testanit of Mr Ichabod Wiswall To be opened after his Decease" [The will was also recorded, 1: 325.]

[From original letter] Willyam Bradford Esqr Commissionated &c for ye Granting of Probate of Wills and Letters of Administration within the County of Plimouth &c To all to whome these presents Shall Come or may Concern Greeting know ye that on the nineteenth Day of August AnO Domini one thousand and Seven hundred Before me at Pliinouth The Will of mr Ichabod Wisewall late of Duxborough in the County aforesaid Deceased to these presents Annexed was proved Approved and allowed who having while he lived and at Ye time of his Death Goods Chattels Rights and Credits The said Deceased and his said will in any manner Concerning was Committed unto pricilla his wife Executrix in the same will named well and truly to Administer ~ same And to make a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of the said deceased And the same to Exhibit Into ye Registers office of the said County according to Law Also to Render a true and Plaine account of her said Administration upon oath In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Ye Seal of ye said Office. Dated at Plimouth the 19th William Bradford (seal) day of August 1700:
Sam1 Sprague Regster
[The letter of administration was also recorded, I: 325.]

Before Wm Bradford Esqr
Attest Saml Sprague Register

[The inventory was also recorded, 1: 326.]

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Priscilla PEABODY was born ^{1, 2} on 15 Jan 1653/1744 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. She died ^{3, 4, 5} on 3 Jun 1724 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Priscilla married ⁶ Ichabod WISWALL Reverend on 2 Nov 1673 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Some info on Priscilla's parents:
[Duxbury Records 1 :2] John Rogers & Elizabeth pabodie was maried november 1666 Ichabod wiswall & prissillah pabodie were married December 2 16[worn]

Some January Anniversaries p.11
January 15, 1653, Priscilla Pabodie3 (Elizabeth2 Alden, John 1) was born at Duxbury. She married Rev. Ichabod Wiswall.

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Samuel PAYSON was born ^{1, 2} on 7 Nov 1641 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 24 Nov 1721. Samuel married ³ Mary WISWALL on 14 Jun 1688 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Samuel was also known as Sam Payson.

Other marriages:

LINCOLN, Prudence

Mary WISWALL [Parents] ¹ was born in 1640 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ² on 25 May 1727 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Mary married ³ Samuel PAYSON on 14 Jun 1688 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Source: "The Wiswald Genealogy" by Joseph M. Wiswald 1961

Nathaniel HOLMES was born ^{1, 2} on 1 Feb 1639 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ³ on 12 Feb 1712 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Nathaniel married ⁴ Sarah WISWALL about 1666 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

TOPLIFF, Patience

Sarah WISWALL [Parents] ¹ was born ² on 19 Feb 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was christened ^{3, 4} on 26 Feb 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died in 1666. Sarah married ⁵ Nathaniel HOLMES about 1666 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Source: "The Wiswald Genealogy" by Joseph M. Wiswald 1961

Ebenezer WISWALL [Parents] was born ¹ on 8 Mar 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was christened ² on 8 Dec 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ^{3, 4} on 21 Jun 1691 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Ebenezer married ⁵ Sarah PAYSON on 26 Mar 1685.

Source: "The Wiswald Genealogy" by Joseph M. Wiswald 1961

Sarah PAYSON was christened ¹ on 16 Jul 1648 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ² on 21 Jun 1714 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Sarah married ³ Ebenezer WISWALL on 26 Mar 1685.

Other marriages:

FOSTER, Elisha

Joshua GEORGE was born in 1638 in Bridport, Dorset, England. He was christened on 25 Mar 1638 in Bridport, Dorset, England. He died ¹ on 6 Aug 1690 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Joshua married ² Elizabeth WISWALL on 20 Mar 1670 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

GEORGE, Mary

Elizabeth WISWALL [Parents] was born on 15 Apr 1649 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was christened ¹ on 15 Apr 1649 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ² on 11 Oct 1676 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Elizabeth married ³ Joshua GEORGE on 20 Mar 1670 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Source: "The Wiswald Genealogy" by Joseph M. Wiswald 1961

John ROLFE [scrapbook] ¹ was born ^{2, 3} about 1550. He died ^{4, 5} on 12 Sep 1625 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. He was buried ⁶ in 1625 in Saint Lawrence Churchyard, Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire, England. John married Honour ⁷.

John had a will ⁸ in 1624.

The Will of [JOHN ROLFE of Whiteparish in the county of Wilts, yeoman, [   ]ary 1624/5. To the church of [Whiteparish] 6d., to be used towards the reparation of the church by the church wardens of White-parish. Concerning my right and interest in certain leases of which I now stand possessed, after my decease my son [   ]Rolfe he shall have that messuage or tenement and close adjoining, and that close called long [   ] adjoining to Bushy lease, and that close called breach meade, and a parcel [   ] sometimes parcel of bushy lease and lying upon the lane called Rumsey [   ] containing fourteen "lugge," all being in Whiteparish, and also four [?pieces of] arable land containing ten acres called Webb [?close] with a messuage which I hold of the right [   ] William Stockman of Bereford, county Wilts, Esq., by virtue of a [?lease] dated 20 March 8 James I, to hold the said lease and premises until the full term of ninety nine years be ended, if myself, Henry Rolfe, my son, and John Rolfe the younger, my son, or any of us, live so long. Said closes of arable land and pasture containing ten acres sometime called Webb close, which I now hold of William Stockman by lease dated 10 January 8 James I for ninety nine years if my sons Henry and John or either of them live so long, I give to my son Henry for his life, and after his death my will is that Honor Rolfe, wife to the said Henry my son, if she survive her husband, shall hold the said premises during the time she remain a widow, and when my daughter-in-law Honor be married to any other husband or die, then my son John shall enjoy the residue of the time unexpired. My son John shall have the three acres of ground sometimes waste ground parcel of the Earldome lying between Langley wood* and the round coppice,* demised to me and my assigns by William Stockman Esq., during the term of [th]ree years, as appears by indenture dated 20 March 8 James I give To John, my younger  son, the new chest, my best coffer, my iron bound cart, and £3. To Joane, the eldest daughter, and Hester, the youngest daughter of my son John, a brass pan, pewter platter, a hive of bees and 20s. each. To Joane, my grandchild, daughter of William Holloway, a hive of bees and 20s. at [   ] twenty-one years my will is that [   ] son John or the longer [   ] two kine and a mare which [   ] Item I give to my daughter [   ] coverlid and 26s. 8d. to [   ] ease. Itm I give to Richard Whiteer [   ] of money which money my executor [    ]taine to the age of twenty & six yeares [    ]ty shillings. And farther my will is that [     ] abovenamed shall have their twenty shillings apiece [   ] my decease: for which my abovenamed grand [?chuldren shall give my] executor an acquittance and he shall accept of [   ] sonne John a coverlid which lyeth in my press [  ]piece if they shall require it within one year after [   ] aged men and women of Whiteparish the sum of [   ] at the discretion of my executor and the minister. [   ] the rest of my goods and chattels unbequeathed, my [?debts and legacies paid and funeral expenses discharged, I give and bequeath to my son Henry Rolfe and [?make him my] sole executor; and I give to Mr. Parks, minister of Whiteparish, [  ] My neighbors John Coles of Mort farme and William Morris of Newton [ ]fleld to be my overseers, and to each of them I give 10s. [  ] to see my will faithfully performed. [Signed] John Rolfe his marke. [Witnesses  names torn off.]

Codicil dated 29 May 1625.  I give to be delivered by my life time which is no part of [   ] nor touching my last will, as witnesses John [ Willi]am Morris. Mary my daughter shall have 13s. [   ] of the £17. I give to my son John 30 [   ]nn pounds. I give to Mary my daughter a little barrell, etc., [   ] a stall of bees for Thomas* her son, and unto Mary my daughter a gown. To Henry my son the silt and the powdering tub. To John my son my [   ]ake and the newest jerkin and hose. All the rest of my housebold stuff to be equally divided between Henry, my son and executor, and John, [?my you] ngest son. [Signed] the m ke of John Rolfe the elder. Proved 8 October 1625, by the executor named. Inventory taken 6 October 1625, by John Colas, William Morris, and Thomas Rolfe, £113 is. 4d., exhibited by the executor 8 October 1625. (Archdeaconry of Sarum, 1625, Original Will and Inventory.) [Brackets indicate the places where the foregoing will is mutilated or illegible.]
These pieces of woodland still bear theae names.

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Honour ¹ was born in 1554 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. She died ^{2, 3} on 18 Jul 1619 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. She was buried in Jul 1619 in Saint Lawrence Churchyard, Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire, England. Honour married John ROLFE ⁴.

Richard ROLFE [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ² about 1567. He died ³ on 2 Dec 1598 in Downton, Wiltshire, England. Richard married Agnes SAUNDERS ⁴.

Richard had a will ⁵ in 1598 in Downton, Hamptworth, Wiltshire, England.

The Will of_ RICHARD ROLFE of Hamptworth in the parish of Downtone, 30 [    ] 1598.  My body to be buried in the churchyard of Downtone.  To our lady church of Sarome 6d.  to the church of Downtone 6d. To the church of Lanvard [Longford] 6d. To Mary Moody a Bollock [   ] of age. To my brothers-in-law Henry Rofe and Thomas Rofe [   ] two sheep. To my brother-in-law William [    ] and to his daughter Alse one sheep. To Jone Derks and Agnes Leache one sheep each. To my sister’s son William Hore one sheep.To John [    ] a jerkin and breeches. To my brother William Sanderes [    ] sheep. To my wife Agnes Rofe and my daughter Honor and my daughter[Agn]es all thee rest of  my goods and  chattels, and I make them my executres. If my wife do marry, my children to have their portions within one week thereafter, and if she do not, then at their ages of sixteen years. If my wife be-with child, such child to have a portion with the rest of my children. My debts that I owe : to my father-in-law 20s., to my brother[in-law] Thomas Rofe £8, to my brother[in-Iaw] John Rofe 20s., to Agnes Leache 20s., to my "onkele " John Rofe 10s. I give to my father-in-law William Sanderes,Thomas Light, and my uncle John Rofe 3s. 4d. each, and make them overseers. Witnesses : Roger Elkins, John Rolf, John Coxe, and others. Proved 2_ December 1598, by Agnes Rolfe, relict of the deceased, with power reserved for Honore and Agnes Rolfe, daughters and executrices named.
Bond dated 14 June 1606. John Ryce of Hamptworth in the parish of Downton, County Wilts, husbandman, Agnes Ryce his wife, before marriage Agnes Rolfe, executrix.°   the wife of Richard Rofe her first husband, Michaef"-Cooper of East Grimstead m County Wilts. husbandman, and Robert Emmery of Lanford, co. Wilts, husbandman,  bound in  the  sum  of £80. · Agnes, Rice als Rollf and Honor Rolff  and Agnes Rolff her two daughters were appointed joint executors of the will of Richard Rollf and had bequeathed to them certain legacies. The said Agnes filed an account. 9 June 1599, the portions of Honor and Agnes being found to be £19 5s. each, and the said John andAgnes Rice als Rolf bind themselves to pay the said sums to the said Honor and Agnes, Their guardians or assigns at their several ages of sixteen and to bear the expenses of their education and bringing up until such age.

(Archdeaconry of Sarum, 1598, original will and bond)

Agnes SAUNDERS [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ² about 1573 in Downton, Hamptworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. Agnes married Richard ROLFE ³.

Other marriages:

RICE, John

See attached sources for Richard Rolfe's will which names his wife Agnes, his father in-law William Saunders, his two daughters Honour and Agnes. Bond dated 14 June 1606 of the Will names Agnes with her second husband John Ryce.

9 June 1599 Agnes and John bound themselves to pay Agnes's two daughters from her first marriage the money left them in their fathers will.

William CLARKE ^{1, 2} died in 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. William married ³ Katherine ^{4, 5, 6} in BY 1638 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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THE CHILDREN OF MR. WILLIAM CLARKE OF SALEM, MASS.

by Frances Davis McTeer, A. M. , of Detroit, Michigan
and Frederick C. Warner, F.S., of North Amherst, Mass.

Mr. William Clarke was an innkeeper, proprietor in 1645 of "The Ship's Tavern" in Salem, Mass.; he is frequently mentioned in the Town Records, a property owner, a man of means, and an officer in the town's military company [Henry F. Waters, The Gedney and Clark Families of Salem, 1880, 5-11; Sidney Perley, History of Salem, 192_, 2:183j.

In the summer of 1647 Clarke died rather suddenly, perhaps a victim of the peculiar epidemical sickness which afflicted the colony in June of that year [Winthrop's Journal, 2:326. On 12:3m: 1647 Clarke was paid £2 .14.06 from the Salem Town rate presumably to compensate his expense, with Capt. Hawthorne and Mr. Corwin, in curinge for Goody Lamberte and her "dyett" [Salem T. R. 1:151]. But on 6: 5m: 1647 Corp. William Hawthorne, Mr. Georg Corwin and the widow Katherine Clark, all of Salem, were appointed administrators of the estate of William Clark, late of Salem deceased [Essex Co. Prob .Rec.1:65-67]. The estate was inventoried at 586.02.O2, including a 200 acre farm near Cedar Pond desingnated hereafter as the Clarke Farm, two dwelling houses, part ownership of two barkes and a shallop, 1500 lbs ot tobacco, cart of three hogsheads of sugar, 40 lbs of ginger, as well as other foodstuffs arc extensive furnishings belonging to the tavern [Perley, 2:183-4; Essex Co. Qtly. Ct. Rec. 1:119].

Evidently these commercial assets were speedily re- leased to the widow, for on 9: 5m: 1647, the very date of the inventory, Mrs. Clark of Salem was licensed to keep the ordinary at Salem, she to provide a "fit man yt is godlie to manage the business [ibid. 1:123]. There is no record of the disposition of the Clarke real estate although there is every evidence, as we shall see later, that the fan, was given to the widow for the beneilt of her minor children. On 11 Nov. 1647 on Mrs. Katherine Clarke's petition, the General Court ordered the distribution of the part of her husband's estate "as doth remain in specie" she to have £150, the four yourger children £110 with £40 out for schooling, the rest to be paid to the four at age 21 or at marriage "ye eldest son to have £28 and the other three £14 each, ye eldest sonne by his former wife £20, ye other £10, she yt is married £5" [Mass. Bay Col. Rec. 2:203]. The Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Co., Mass. [1:32] for a court held at Salem on 30:10m: 1647, after reciting the same distribution to the widow and for the younger children's education, concludes "The elder son to have a double pchon and his eldest son by his former wife to have £20, the other £10 and shee that was married in his lifetime £5. These records of inventory and distribution are the whole account of William Clarke's estate settlement. Ills children are never mentioned by name. There are no probate papers, no guardianship records, and no way of knowing what happened to the assets of the estate other than the Farm and the cash on hand. The terms of the distribution are somewhat unusual in that the double pchon mentioned in the Essex County record was allowed to the eldest son of the second wife . However, this distribution dealt only with certain cash assets; all the heirs were allotted definite specified sums, with the double share applying only to the £70 remaining after the education of the minor children; and none of the amounts named was anyway near even one share of the inventoried estate.

Aside from these two records the children of the Salem innkeeper have received but scant genealogical attention and that with a rather negative conclusion. In his account of "The Prince Family" [TAG, supra, 14:83-36], G. Andrews Moriarty lists William Clarke's four daugters by the second marriage and mentions the existence of three older children living at the time of their father's death "but of whom there is no further  trace in the records." The purpose of the present article is two fold: I) to justify by probability the following identifIcation of the three older children of Mr. William Clarke; and 2) to present some new interpretations of the data regarding the children by his second wife.

Katherine ^{1, 2, 3}. Katherine married ⁴ William CLARKE in BY 1638 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

GEDNEY, John

Nicholas RIST. Nicholas married ^{1, 2} Sarah CLARKE before 1672 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Sarah CLARKE [Parents] [scrapbook] was born in 1620 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. She died ¹ on 3 May 1698 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah married ^{2, 3} Nicholas RIST before 1672 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Sarah had a will ⁴ on 20 Sep 1697 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Her will was probated ⁵ on 16 May 1698 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

DAVIS, George

Sarah married Nicholas Rist or Rice after the death of her first husband George Davis.

(Warrant for Arrest of Sarah Rice)
To: To the Constables in Reding

You are in theire Majesties names hereby required to apprehend and bring before us Sarah Rice the wife of Nicholas Rice of Reding on Tuesday next being the 31't day of this Instant moneth. at the house of Lt Nathan'l Ingersalls at Salem Village aboute ten of the Clock in the forenoon, who stand charged with haveing Committed. sundry acts of Witchcraft on the Bodys of Mary Walcot and Abigail Williams & others, to theire great hurt: &c in order to her Examination Relateing to the premises aboves'd faile not Dated Salem May 28'th 1692
[fig=BS30719a][/fig] us *John Hathorne [unclear: ] Assis'ts
*Jonathan. Corwin
(Reverse) In obedence to this warant I have brought the Body of Sarah Rice the wife of Nicolas Rice of Redding to the house of Leut nathanal Ingersons in Salem Viledg the: 31 of this Instant May: 1692
Atest *John Parker Constable of Redding
( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 2 Page 52 )

(Complaint v. Martha Carrier, Elizabeth Fosdick,
Wilmott Reed, Sarah Rice, Elizabeth How, John Alden,
William Proctor, John Flood, Mary Toothaker and
daughter, and Arthur Abbott)
Salem May the 28'th 1692

Joseph Houlton and John Walcot both of Salem village Yeomen made Complaint in behalfe of theire Majes'ts against Martha Carrier  of Andover the wife of Thomas Carrier of s'd Towne husbandman  Elizabeth Fosdick of Maulden or charlstown William Reed of Marble- head the wife of Samull Reed of s'd placeSarah Rice of Reding  the wife of Nicholas Rice of s'd Towne Elizabeth How the wife of  James How of Topsfeild Capt John Alden of Boston Mariner, William  procter of Salem farmes, Capt John flood of Rowley marsh on  boston Mary Toothaker, the wife of Roger toothaker of Belrica,  and Mary Toothaker the daughter of s'd Roger Toothaker Arthur  Abott that lives between Ips. Topsfeild & wenham for sundry acts  of Witchcraft by them and Every one of them Committed on the  Bodys of Mary Walcot, Abigail Williams Marcy Lewis Ann putnam  and Others belonging to Salem Village or farmes Lately, to the hurt  and Injury of theire bodys therefore Craves Justice.

*Joseph houlton
*John Walcutt

Carrier of Andover -- -Marshall Essex

Reed of Marblehead -- Const --

Rice of Reding -- Const -- -

How of Topsfeild -- -Const

Wm procter -- -Const --

( Essex County Archives, Salem )

(Petition of Nicholas Rice)
To the honoured Generall Court now Sitting in Boston

The humble Petition of Nicholas Rist of Reading Sheoweth that whereas Sara Rist wife to the petition'r was taken into Custody the first day of June last and ever Since laine in Boston Goal for witchcraft, tho in all this time Nothing has been made Appear for w'ch shee desur'd Imprisonment or death, the petition'r has been a husband to the Said woman above Tweinty years, in all w'ch time he never had reason to accuse her for any Impietie or witchcraft, but the Contrary Shee lived w'th him as a good Faithfull dutifull wife and alwise had respect #[to the respect] to the ordinances of God while her Strength Remain'd and the petition'r on that Consideration is Obliged in Conscience and Justice #[oblige] to use all lawfull means for the Support and preservation of her life, and it is deplorable that in old age the poor decriped woman should ly under Confinment so long in a Stinching Goal when her Circumstances rather requires a Nurse to Attend her

May it therefore please yo'r hon'rs  to take this matter in to yo'r prudent  Considerations.and derect Some  speedy Methods whereby this ancient  decriped person may not for ever ly  in such Miserie wherein her life is  made more afflictive to her than death,  and the petition'r Shall as in dutie bound  Ever pray

Dated the 19'th october 1692
(Reverse) 1692 The humble petition of Nicholas Rist of Reading

( Mass. Archives Vol. 135 No. 63 )